Seaford Film Festival success

Seaford’s first film festival was a rip-roaring success, with some full houses and a finale which saw families picnicking in the grounds of Florence House to watch Beauty and the Beast on a giant LED screen and adults thrilling to the exploits of Thelma and Louise.

The first two days last weekend included a Big Scream event so parents and carers could sit in the Barn Theatre in comfort to watch a film with babies on laps, and a Saturday matinee for children to attend the Singalong version of Frozen. On the Sunday there was a ‘golden oldie’, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, to appeal to older movie goers. Workshops between the 11 feature-length films took place over the three days.

Seaford Musical Society’s Rebecca Woolven encouraged children to Let it Go during Frozen

Seaford Musical Society’s Rebecca Woolven encouraged small cinema goers, many of whom had dressed in their favourite role, to join in with Frozen

The festival celebrated Women and Film, with particular reference to the #MeToo revelations and the centenary of the first votes for women, and speakers included local historian Kevin Gordon on local female movers and shakers, and Catherine Darcy who runs a business in Lewes supplying period clothing for film, TV, theatre and opera.

Kevin Gordon gave a talk based on suffragettes and local female activists called Make More Noise

Cinema chair Paula Ross said: “We were very pleased with the reaction to this, our first go at running a festival, and the feedback we have received has been very positive. We certainly look forward to presenting the next one. It was amazing to have achieved all this in three months and next time we’ll take longer and plan even more.”

“And a big thank you to our fantastic committee and volunteers who work so hard and are a pleasure to work alongside. It was great meeting newcomers to Seaford Community Cinema and welcoming our friends, and we hope they all enjoyed the party atmosphere as much as we did.”

Heather Ferguson receiving a year’s complimentary membership, as a thank you for booking to see every film screened at The Barn during the festival

Screening Calendar (all films)

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Programme Postponed

We have reluctantly decided to close our cinema programme at the Barn Theatre until such a time as circumstances around the Covid 19 coronavirus change for the better. Of course, we’ll be keeping the situation under review and will observe official guidance. We will inform you when we are able to show the films remaining

Lest We Forget

To mark the centenary on November 11th 2018 of the armistice of World War One, Seaford Community Cinema was pleased to offer one of the special commemorative events that took place in the town throughout Remembrance Sunday. These included projections by Seaford-based company Filmspot featuring animated poppy sequences, rolling names and photos of local soldiers;

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As black and bubble gum pink as a Liquorice Allsort was the colour palette in the foyer for our recent showing at the cinema of the 40th Anniversary Ultra-HD edition of Grease, made in 1978. The enduring appeal of the biggest movie musical of the 20th century proved itself all over again as a crowd